Design classic in Doncaster

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In this house, there is no wasted space, everything is connected, says Peter Aldington

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Denton House is on sale with Smiths Gore for £595,000

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Hole in the Wall in Wales, built in 1973, is priced at £320,000

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Faye Dunawway stars in Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, the year the Grade II house was built by Peter AldingtonThe Kobal Collection

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The house has movie star looks equal to the classic 1967 film, Belle de Jour, starring Catherine DeneuveThe Kobal Collection

Last updated at 12:01AM, June 14 2013

This trendsetting Sixties home with movie-star looks is a real design classic, says Jayne Dowle

The Doncaster suburb of Bessacarr is very pleasant, but perhaps the last place
you would expect to find a Grade II listed gem of modern architecture. Here
though is a four-bedroom detached house built in 1967 by the highly
respected architect Peter Aldington, who was greatly inspired by Frank Lloyd
Wright. And it is on the market for the first time.

The single-storey flat-roofed house is testament to Aldington’s guiding
principle — to bring indoors and outdoors together. Many of its features,
such as full-height glass walls, sliding partitions dividing living and
dining areas, over-height doors, clever foldaway storage and a